Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio did not appear to have the Republican votes to become House speaker as of Tuesday morning.
The House is set to vote this afternoon on the nomination of Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, to be speaker of the House.
Reps. Jake Ellzey, Kay Granger and Tony Gonzales joined 17 other House Republicans to block the Ohio Republican from the gavel.
Ohio congressman seeks second ballot but must overcome deep Republican divisions.
The Donald Trump-backed right-wing Ohio lawmaker earned 200 votes in the lower chamber of Congress, with 20 Republicans refusing to vote for him. He has faced ...
WASHINGTON (AP) โ More turmoil ahead, Republicans rejected Rep. Jim Jordan for House speaker on a first ballot Tuesday, as an unexpectedly numerous 20 ...
There's one main thing to know about Rep. Jim Jordan, the Ohio Republican who does not yet have the votes to become speaker of the House of Representatives.
The Ohio lawmaker backed by former US president Donald Trump won 200 votes, short of the 217 needed to win the job, as 20 of his fellow Republican voted against ...
Hard-right congressman seeks speakership after securing party's nomination, but 55 Republicans say they won't back him.
With History of Extremist Positions of His Own, Jordan's Tenuous Hold on Power Would Rely on Both Anti-LGBTQ+ MAGA Politicians and Supposed Moderates.
Jordan expressed confidence he can win over some of his detractors on the second ballot.
Congressman has had only hours to swing votes of GOP hard-liners who denied him the gavel on Tuesday.
Outspoken conservative Jim Jordan will try again to win the top job in the U.S. House of Representatives on Wednesday, as continued Republican infighting ...
The endless votes for speaker show that the House Republican conference is failing as a democratic entity.
Combative right-wing Republican Jim Jordan has sought more time to build support for his bid for Speaker of the US House of Representatives.
Jim Jordan, who is backed by Donald Trump, must overcome deep Republican divisions in a second scheduled ballot, as the US House remains leaderless.
Six members of the Champaign County Preservation Alliance were touring the picturesque downtown in Urbana, the central Ohio town where Representative Jim ...
Donald Trump ally lost first ballot on Tuesday after 20 fellow Republicans voted against him.
Jm Jordan will fight to unify support in the House Republican caucus to support his bid to become speaker and replace the ousted Kevin McCarthy.
Jordan remained 18 votes away from becoming House speaker during a vote Wednesday. Meanwhile, activists in Texas are pressuring Republicans to fall in line ...
The House of Representatives remains paralyzed as House Republicans continue to be sharply divided about a path forward to elect the next speaker. Rep.
Rep. Jim Jordan has failed to win the vote to become House speaker on crucial second ballot. The GOP's next steps are uncertain as lawmakers float other ...
Ben Jacobs reports that allies for the firebrand House Speaker candidate thought they could intimidate their opponents into voting for him.
Ahead of Wednesday morning's voting, Jordan made an unexpected plea for party unity, the combative Judiciary Committee chairman telling his colleagues on social ...
The first vote concerning Rep. Jim Jordan's bid to become the next speaker of the House not only fell short on Tuesday, it was, in the words of one ally of ...
GOP Presidential candidate Chris Christie predicted Jim Jordan would fail to convert enough lawmakers who voted against him in the first ballot for speaker.
Miller-Meeks instead cast her vote for U.S. Rep. Kay Granger of Texas, a Republican who chairs the Appropriations Committee.
Hardline Republican congressman Jim Jordan fails for a second time to win enough support from his party to become speaker of the US House of Representatives ...